The mummy is that of an adult male‭ ‬--‭ "a view further
justified by the preserved male perineal anatomy and an obvious
mummified penis,‭" ‬Carlos Prates,‭ ‬a radiologist at Imagens
Médicas Integradas in Lisbon,‭ ‬and colleagues write in a study
now in press in the International Journal of
Paleopathology.‭

The man,‭ ‬about‭ ‬5ft‭ ‬5in tall,‭ ‬was between‭ ‬51‭ ‬and‭ ‬60‭
‬years old when he died a slow,‭ ‬painful death.

Digital X-rays showed that M1‭ ‬had been buried with crossed
arms‭ (‬a common pose in Ptolemaic mummies,‭ ‬although in the New
Kingdom it was often associated with royals‭) ‬and suffered from
lumbosacral osteoarthritis,‭ ‬which was probably related to a
lower lumbar scoliosis.

"This study shows that cancer did exist in antiquity,‭ ‬for sure
in ancient Egypt.‭ ‬The main reason for the scarcity of examples
found today might be the lower prevalence of carcinogens and the
shorter life expectancy,‭" ‬Paula Veiga,‭ ‬a researcher in
Egyptology,‭ ‬told Discovery News.